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http://www.helm-elektronik.de/

German modular synth builder. Apparently they're doing kits, too.

Eric

They (he?) have a thing called the "Formant Pro 2000", so maybe it's 
a variation/evolution of the Formant.

JH should be able to answer this one.

Moe

>>>> 
http://www.helm-elektronik.de/
German modular synth builder. Apparently they're doing kits, too.
<<<<

If this is the "Formant Pro", forget them.

JH.


Eric Frampton schrieb:

> http://www.helm-elektronik.de/
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> German modular synth builder. Apparently they're doing 
> kits, too. 
> 
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> http://www.helm-elektronik.de/
>
> German modular synth builder. Apparently they're doing kits, too.

hello all,
i emailed the chap well over a month ago for more info but i've not recieved
a reply yet - maybe he's testing the market with his site before investing a
big wad of cash...

meanwhile,
trawling through the mountain of MOTM paperwork i've accumulated recently, i
came across the serge peak & trough schematic - can anyone remember what
it's actually supposed to do..? and any ideas on whether it'd run on +15V &
+7.5V instead of +12V & +6V ..?
other than that, looks to be a cute little module

cheers
paul b

> They (he?) have a thing called the "Formant Pro 2000", so 
> maybe it's  
> a variation/evolution of the Formant.
> 
> JH should be able to answer this one.

I bought the book. Quite ridiculous to name this "Pro"
decades after the original Formant.

They tell the aspiring diy builder to select transistors
for a Moogish ladder filter, and then they ruin the
whole symmetry with a differential amp that has twice
the input impedance on the positive vs. negative
input. Big laugh, money wasted. Sold the book
on ebay. (I *told* the buyer what I think of these
circuits, but he wanted it anyway. (;-))

JH.

> If this is the "Formant Pro", forget them.

That's it, all right. Of course, the whole web site is in German, which
means I have no clue what's going on. Looks like they make it in kit form,
and have a book?!

The sound samples were interesting, I suppose.

Is it a homebrew operation, or just generally bad stuff, or...?

e

In a message dated 10/9/2001 10:13:46 AM, vulture.squadron@... writes:

>i emailed the chap well over a month ago for more info but i've not recieved
>a reply yet - 

Clearly he wants to differentiate his idea of customer support from Paul's 
idea -- his product line may have other differences which show up in similar 
ways.

JB